§ MR. CHARLES DOUGLAS (Lanarkshire, N.W.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, in view of legal proceedings in Scotland in relation to church property the ultimate disposal of which is under investigation by a Royal Commission, whether the Government propose to allow the present results of such proceedings to affect the final distribution of the property.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI do not presume to pass any judgment on the action of either of the two Churches concerned; but I am perfectly ready to express my deliberate opinion, which is the opinion of the Government, that nothing that has taken place in this interim period ought to affect the final decision that is come to in regard to the matters in dispute.